Seven new missions are now available in dragonZone, each with a trophy and some of the best dZ points that the game has to offer.

In the eternal struggle to gain and maintian control of the dragonZones, you will need to travel far and wide. The latest trophies recognise these actions, and reward those who are prepared to find valid dZ caches in as many different Zones as possible. The new missions all bear the name of a legendary dragon, and carry with them rewards that are befitting of your endeavours.

A substantial enhancement has been made to the way in which dragonZones are now displayed on the Google Maps.

From today (please press CTRL-F5 to force a refresh of the map code when you visit the map) you will notice that the zones no longer disappear from the map as you move around until you untick the Show dragonZone tick box. They will continue to draw on the map as you move around building up a larger and larger area. UP to 25 dragonZones will be drawn for any give move, so move around a little more if you spot a gap.

The speed at which they draw is a little slower that it used to be. This method means you can see more dragonZones coloured than previously as we have changed from using the KMLLayer in Google Maps to a more robust (albeit slightly slower) polygon drawing tool.

Also if you untick then tick, the dragonZones are simply redisplayed rather than being gathered and redrawn again. This is much faster than before.

As the dragonZone data is now all stored as you move around if you collect too many zones you may find your machine slows down so be judicious about how many dragonZones you gather.

As some of the data is large, patience with some of the more complex dragonZones will be appreciated.

Do you enjoy the dragonZone aspect of geocaching, but feel eternally trapped in the rank of Dragon Fodder?Are you itching to move up to the rank of Knight but just feel like a frustrated Merchant?Are you tired of the Major dragonZoner crowd and want to be the second cacher to attain the rank of Duke?

If you answered yes to any of the above, then get ready to earn bonus dragonZone points during the month of May.

Starting on Saturday the 6th May, and concluding at midnight on Sunday the 21st of May, is Geocaching Australia's May Madness Bonanza!During these sixteen days, you will earn a 3x dragonZone point bonus for finds and hides on dZ compatible caches.

Here's your chance to climb the ranks, and increase your influence on the dragonZone realm.